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Reporter's Notebook: Progressives eye shutdown leverage to rein in ICE, Venezuela operations

close Video Five Republicans join Democrats on war powers vote Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on the debate over the Trump administration's foreign policy moves on 'Special Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There is a nexus between congressional spending, the Minnesota ICE shooting and military operations related to Venezuela. It is argued that the power of the purse is one of the most hallowed powers of Congress.

Reporter's Notebook: Progressives eye shutdown leverage to rein in ICE, Venezuela operations

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Key Highlights

  • This is why a number of progressives are imploring Democrats to use the next government funding round to defund ICE or impose strictures to hamstring ICE in the next government funding round.
  • Some liberal Democrats even want to force a government shutdown over the shooting in Minnesota.
  • That’s to say nothing of some Democrats wanting to use the power of the purse to hem in the administration on maneuvers in Venezuela or potential future operations in Cuba, Mexico, Colombia or Greenland.
  • Congress has not yet addressed the funding bills for the Pentagon or State Department for FY2026.
  • KAINE TELLS CONGRESS TO 'GET ITS A-- OFF THE COUCH,' RECLAIM WAR POWERS A former Secret Service and ICE agent explains why the officer had only seconds to act as a vehicle accelerated toward him in Minneapolis.
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